How Does Fasting Help Keep The Mind Healthy For Longer?

It would appear from brain scans that mice, who fasted or took in very little or no food at all for a day or two a week, actually have much better cognitive function than mice who were given food daily.

The brain scans show that during bouts of hunger, there are also bouts of brain cell growth, and if this continues on throughout the life of the mouse, brain cells continue to grow and this can lead to a healthier brain for longer.

If food is sparse, the body has learned to spend its energy on developing the brain and cognitive function so that the person or animal can use their brain power to find new sources of food, or to remember where food can be found.

Safe Fasting

As mentioned in our last article, juice fasting is a really safe way of fasting, as you will vastly reduce your calorie intake while still taking in highly nutritional foods, and for ultra-safe fasting it’s a good idea to do it monitored.

One way of doing this is by visiting us for one of our detox retreats where juice fasting is part of our regime, and you are monitored by Personalised Health Practitioners and other experts in nutrition and diet.

Talk to your GP to fast safely

You can still do fasting yourself at home, but just remember to consult your GP first to check that you are healthy enough to do so, as it’s not for everyone.

Don’t attempt to fast if you are ill or pregnant.

Diabetic patients can fast too and we’ll do a separate article on this, but again this should be done with monitoring so ensure you always consult a doctor before fasting, as you could be putting yourself in danger.